Bay Area Amid California’s mounting literacy crisis, state names new literacy directors By Karen D'Souza | EdSource | March 24, 2023 The state is highlighting structured literacy, which stresses explicit lessons on reading fundamentals such as phonics, vocabulary, and comprehension.
Arts & Entertainment 14th Annual Notes & Words benefit for UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals is March 25 By Notes & Words | March 22, 2023 Featuring Grammy Award-winning musician Alanis Morissette and musical performances by Tulani, YOYOKA, and Oakland School for the Arts alongside readings from best-selling authors Ben Fong-Torres, James McBride, and Leila Mottley.
Arts & Entertainment Kehinde Wiley’s beautiful, political works fill the de Young By Hilda Scheib | Bay City News Foundation | March 22, 2023 Wiley may be best known for his presidential portrait of Barack Obama.
Arts & Entertainment Pass the Remote: Berlin & Beyond, Sonoma fest, and more By Randy Myers | Bay City News Foundation | March 22, 2023 It's festival season, and two big ones start the ball rolling.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: Free outdoor films, Rhonda Benin, Irish theater, and Mahler By The Artful Observer | Bay City News Foundation | March 22, 2023 Jordan Peele's "Nope" opens the Proxy Spring Series of outdoor film in San Francisco.
Around Town Judges named for 54th Annual Piedmont Bird Calling Contest By Piedmont Unified School District | March 21, 2023 Filling the roles of "Celebrity Judges" will be Rosemary Orozco and Michael Poryes. This year’s "Bird Calling Expert Judge" is Joe Fendel.
Arts & Entertainment Uptown Fine Art exhibit features work by local artists By Natalie Williamson | Reader Submission | March 21, 2023 "Introductions" is on view at Uptown Fine Art through April 15.
Arts & Entertainment William Kentridge’s ‘SIBYL’ a dazzling, life-affirming display By Hilda Scheib | Bay City News Foundation | March 21, 2023 Kentridge-related events continue at Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive and UC Berkeley.
Arts & Entertainment Vibrant ‘Menagerie’ from African-American Shakespeare Co. By Caroline Crawford | Local News Matters | March 20, 2023 The excellent cast not only reshapes the play to fit the shifted parameters, it also brings a special vibrancy to the characters.
Arts & Entertainment Armenian culture, identity at heart of ‘Sorry, Bro’ By J.L. Odom | Bay City News Foundation | March 20, 2023 Taleen Voskuni’s novel is a coming out story with plenty of romance and just as many comedic moments.